Description of this Chrysler 300 Series srt8 2006

READ RE: MILEAGEMy friend Jon and his uncle have traded car back and forth for 4 year - sorta in reality it has only 2 owner -Jon said when he got it - odometer was not functioning - seller said had been that way a month or 2. He replaced odometer said it read he thinks about 169 then - they only drove for fun driving was never a travel or commute car. He listed as TMU true mileage unknown - it 2016 it became exempt for mileage under Fl law.(over 10 years)It runs sounds and performs great. The condition overall is excellent

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I love horsepower. I love the feel of it lingering underfoot, ready to explode into neck-snapping, stomach-churning, tire-shredding violence. I love the sound of it: the blend of Fortissississimo bellowing and heavy metal madness. I love the power of it, the ability to make â€œordinaryâ€ machines look as if God grabbed their rear bumpers and yanked them backwards. Sure, my passion for accelerative overload is infantile, dangerous and about as politically correct as a 1920s minstrel show. But at least it isnâ€™t impractical or expensive. Well, not anymore.

You can now buy a four-door 425 hp Chrysler 300C SRT-8 for a nickel under $40K. Thatâ€™s a lot of numbers. And no matter how you look at itâ€”size, performance or styleâ€”the 300C SRT-8 is a lot of car. So letâ€™s take this road test thing nice and slow . . . . Only we here at TTAC donâ€™t do anything â€œnice.â€ And â€œslowâ€ is not a word in the SRT-8â€™s vocabulary (I have a hard time understanding it myself). So what the Hell. Letâ€™s strap in, mash the go pedal and see where it takes us.

Straight to the brake pedal. Weâ€™ve traveled so far so fast we need to slow down RIGHT NOW, and hope that Chryslerâ€™s Street and Racing Technology (SRT) knows as much about brakes as they do about big-bore powerplants. Fo shizzle. When caning a 425 hp car weighing 4160 lb, thereâ€™s no time to ponder the finer points of rotor size, â€œswept areaâ€, ABS, etc. Itâ€™s strictly press and pray.

Did I mention that the 300C SRT-8 doesnâ€™t like to let go of its revs? Lift off the gas and thereâ€™s no danger of engine braking; starving the 6.1-liter Hemi of dead dinoflagellates has about as much immediate effect as switching off the afterburners on an F15. Not to put too fine a point on it, the 300C SRT-8 is a blat â€“ coast â€“ blat kinda car. Oh, and the five-speed gearbox (a Mercedes E-Class hand-me-down) is as fond of kickdown as the Toyota Prius is of low revs. The big Chrysler can resist anything except acceleration.

Right. Where were we? Oh yes, in dire need of stoppage. And stop we shall. If a car is only as good as its brakes, Chryslerâ€™s flagship muscle car is a match for the very best. Both the SRT-8 and BMWâ€™s M5 require only 110 feet of pavement to slow themselves from sixty to zero. While the SRT-8â€™s left pedal doesnâ€™t offer much in the way of initial feel, the massive anchors are powerful enough to yank you out of the trouble that the steroidal engine can oh-so-easily put you in. Now, letâ€™s try a little cornering . . .

Before tackling the twisties, switch off the ESP traction control. I donâ€™t usually recommend thrashing a Nanny-less sedan with 420 lbÂ·ft of torque, 20â€³ wheels and three-season tires (Vivaldi would not be pleased with that concept), but the SRTâ€™s chassis is so well sorted, the power reservoir so deep, instant and controllable, that you can drive this monster like you stole it without an electronic safety netâ€”and not die. Simply steer with your right foot.

Muscle car aficionados know the drill. When you enter a sharp turn, throw the wheel hard over and floor it. As the rear tires spin and the back end drifts sideways, apply the appropriate amount of opposite lock with the steering wheel. Then ease off the gas, let the back end ease into line and keep on going. If itâ€™s good enough for The General Lee, itâ€™s good enough for the SRT.

Of course, Chrysler had to sacrifice a significant measure of the donor carâ€™s ride comfort. And? The supremely-engined 300C SRT-8 is aimed at g-force junkies and serious stunters. Theyâ€™d consider it a badge of honor if a pothole knocked a filling loose. Alternatively, you can dismiss a rough section of road by applying max power and dryquaplaning over irregularities.

I donâ€™t mean to leave you with the impression that the Chrysler 300C SRT-8 is all about raw power. Itâ€™s about raw power AND satellite radio. And a 180 mph speedo, sports seats, a fearsome front spoiler, an integrated rear wing and the usual trim upgrades and performance badgery. Other than that, the 300C SRT-8 is the same gangsta-style luxobarge thatâ€™s wowed press and punters alike.

Which is no bad thing. With the addition of a glorious, pumped-up Hemi and vastly improved driving dynamics, the 300C SRT-8 transforms a great car into an instant (though proletariat) classic. If youâ€™re a horsepower headcase on a budget, go on. You know you want to.